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The accuracy of the Montenegro skin test for leishmaniasis in PCR-negative patients

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2020
INTRODUCTION: As highly specific molecular biology-based techniques may not be sensitive enough for the diagnosis of American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL), clinicians frequently rely on immunological tests before treatment initiation.
Ana Bárbara Sapienza Pinheiro, Patricia Shu Kurizky, Marina de Freitas Ferreira, Marco Antonio de Souza Mota, Jaqueline Santos Ribeiro, Edson Zuza de Oliveira Filho, Carlos Augusto Souza, Daniel Holanda Barroso, Raimunda Nonata Ribeiro Sampaio, Ciro Martins Gomes   +9 more
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Antileishmanial Activities of Carvacrol Nanoencapsulate in Biopolymeric Nanoparticles

Chemistry &Biodiversity, Volume 22, Issue 9, September 2025.
The study obtained biopolymeric nanoparticles containing carvacrol (NPCar) and evaluated their anti‐leishmanial activity. NPCar obtained presented physicochemical characteristics due to its ideal nanometric size and zeta potential, and low polydispersity index.
Joyce Cordeiro Borges, Anne Beatriz Cunha Barros, Leonardo Lima Cardoso, Tatjana de Lima Souza Keesen, Luís André de Almeida Campos, Isabella Macário Ferro Cavalcanti, Elisângela Afonso de Moura Kretzschmar   +6 more
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Cerebral Complication of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: about a case

Journal de la Faculté de Médecine d'Oran, 2022
Leishmaniasis (L) is a cutaneous, mucocutaneous, or visceral disease caused by intracellular Leishmania protozoan parasites that are transmitted by the bite of female sand flies.
Schahrazed Linda MAGUENOUCHE, Radia BENALIA, Samira Makri MOKRANE   +2 more
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Resistance to Oxidative Stress Is Associated with Metastasis in Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis [PDF]

, 2017
Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) in South and Central America is characterized by the dissemination (metastasis) of Leishmania Viannia subgenus parasites from a cutaneous lesion to nasopharyngeal tissues.
Acestor, Nathalie, Fasel, Nicolas, Ives, Annette, Masina, Slavica, Saravia, Nancy G., Walker, John   +5 more
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An unusual presentation of leishmaniasis in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive individual [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by vector-borne protozoa of the genus Leishmania. Cutaneous and mucocutaneous forms result in disfiguration or mutilation, whilst visceral leishmaniasis (VL) affects multiple organs ...
Davis, Thomas E., Meyer, Thomas L., Relich, Ryan F., Roiko, Marijo S., Schmitt, Bryan H., Zhang, Shanxiang   +5 more
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Therapy of Venezuelan patients with severe mucocutaneous or early lesions of diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis with a vaccine containing pasteurized Leishmania promastigotes and bacillus Calmette-Guerin: preliminary report

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2004
Severe mucocutaneous (MCL) and diffuse (DCL) forms of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) are infrequent in Venezuela. Chemotherapy produces only transitory remission in DCL, and occasional treatment failures are observed in MCL.
Jacinto Convit, Marian Ulrich, María Argelia Polegre, Angela Avila, Noris Rodríguez, Maria Ilina Mazzedo, Belkis Blanco   +6 more
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Pentavalent Antimonials Combined with Other Therapeutic Alternatives for the Treatment of Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Systematic Review

Dermatology Research and Practice, 2018
The first choice drugs for the treatment of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis are pentavalent antimonials, sodium stibogluconate, or meglumine antimoniate.
Taisa Rocha Navasconi Berbert, Tatiane França Perles de Mello, Priscila Wolf Nassif, Camila Alves Mota, Aline Verzignassi Silveira, Giovana Chiqueto Duarte, Izabel Galhardo Demarchi, Sandra Mara Alessi Aristides, Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni, Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira, Thaís Gomes Verziganassi Silveira   +10 more
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Dermatologic and otorhinolaryngologic manifestations in leishmaniasis

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2011
Introduction: Leishmaniasis is an extremely important parasitic disease as regards epidemiology, and, in such a disease, man is an occasional host to the Leishmania protozoon.
Mota, Luiz Alberto Alves, Miranda, Roberta Ribeiro   +1 more
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Leishmaniasis in humans and small animals: Updates and insights through a one health

Letters in Animal Biology
Leishmaniasis is neglected infectious disease caused by a type of microscopic parasite called Leishmania spp. This disease can affect both humans and animals, as well as sandflies.
Amirhossein Badkoubi , Niloofar Sanaeiha, Narges Safari, Zahra Dolati, Amirreza Khodakarami, Rastin Safari, Mohammad Arad Zandieh   +6 more
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Nouvelles de la SSDV / Neues aus der SGDV [PDF]

, 2005
Im Rahmen des nationalen Programms zur Bekämpfung von Hautkrebs richtete die Krebsliga Schweiz einen Bus ein, der sich in verschiedenen Städten aufhielt.
Bulliard, Jean-Luc, Levi, Fabio, Panizzon , Renato G.   +2 more
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